Tea ceremony master: Sochoku Umehara

When he was 17 years old, he became a student of tea ceremony master in Wakayama Prefecture. After having a connection with another tea ceremony master in Nara prefecture, he attained ‘menkyo-kaiden’ (full proficiency) at the age of 27. There are many schools of Japanese tea ceremony, he learned one of them, that Japanese samurai was learning.

After that, he cooperated in planning Japanese famous tea products as a tea professional, conducted employee training at the world’s largest Matcha café store, cooperates with long-established tea wholesalers, companies, craftsmen and farmers who are involved in tea industry and provides new way of enjoying tea for everyone.

Currently, he established a learned society of tea as only one certified tea master of Koyasan and conducts guidance and experiences for monks in Koyasan and visitors from all over the world.